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EGU Election Autumn 2015

EGU Election Autumn 2015

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The EGU Election Autumn 2015 for the next Union President and General Secretary
was closed on 30 November 2015. We would like to thank each of the
candidates for their initiative in standing for the election. We also
sincerely thank all those EGU members who used their voting right. Active
participation in elections ensures continuation of the well-established
bottom-up structure of our Union!

In total, 2050 EGU members voted in this election. Please see
the results below.

EGU President 2017–2019

Jonathan Bamber

Elected

1105 votes (53.9%)

Mioara Mandea

894 votes (43.6%)

Jonathan Bamber
was elected to serve as EGU President for the term 2017–2019.
Jonathan Bamber will be inaugurated during the EGU plenary meeting
on 18 April 2016 in
Vienna, Austria, serving first as the EGU
Vice-President (President-Elect) for one year.
The elected candidate will then serve as EGU President for two years (2017–2019) and
finally as Vice-President (Past-President) for the fourth year. Note that
the terms start and end at the Plenary which is held during the General
Assembly.

EGU General Secretary 2016–2018

Håkan Svedhem

Elected

1110 votes (54.1%)

Carlo Laj

900 votes (43.9%)

Håkan Svedhem was
elected as the EGU General Secretary for the term 2016–2018.
Håkan Svedhem will be inaugurated during
the EGU plenary meeting on 18 April 2016 in
Vienna, Austria.

About EGU

EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It was established in September 2002 as a merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG), and has headquarters in Munich, Germany.